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Battle of the year's biggest albums

23.10.09
Leona is up against Rihanna, Jamie Cullum braves Norah Jones, Snoop Dogg squares up to 50 Cent — and Robbie takes on the world.... more

Jay Sean a success after leaving London for US

23.09.09
Jay Sean has criticised British music bosses for treating urban artists as niche products.... more

CDs of the week

20.03.09
Pet Shop Boys are having a far-from-fruitful century, Chris Cornell releases Scream and Gareth Williams leads his Power Trio.... more

Snow epic takes Patrol to the stadium rock summit

27.10.08
They’re often derided as inferiors of Coldplay or Keane. But that view totally ignores their background as perennial indie underachievers.... more

Britney Spears and Justin back together... to record a song for her new album

21.08.08
She's been looking back to her best of late,and now she's ready to relaunch her career with a duet with an old friend. Britney is planning to record a duet with Justin Timberlake, according to US sources.... more

The next big thing: The Script

07.08.08
Pristine pop meets Irish soul to follow The Script for hits. Three young Dubliners just about to conquer the UK charts.... more

A drippier Coldplay

13.05.08
Despite a few decent tunes, including the surging soft rocker Stop and Stare, One Republic were more earnest than innovative.... more

Put Justin down Madonna, you're old enough to be his mother

01.05.08
While she was shocking the world with her provocative track Like a Virgin back in the mid 1980s, he was barely out of nappies. But last night Madonna spent almost every second of her No. 1 track Four Minutes bumping and grinding against Justin Timberlake, despite being well and truly old enough to be his mother... more

CDs of the week

25.04.08
Madonna is the most fearless she's been in years, perseverance will be rewarded for the latest Portishead album and it’s a wild ride with Courtney Pine.... more

Off the record

11.04.08
After losing the backing of his record company, Tom McRae is organising his own roadshow to help other musicians, Madonna launches her 11th album and there are great new bands on the scene.... more

Justin Timberlake gets a Boogie Nights-style makeover in new film

29.02.08
Justin Timberlake looks more like a seventies porn star than the golden-boy of pop in his new film. Pictured on the set of The Love Guru, the singer who is usually the epitome of cool, resembles a character from 1970s-set film Boogie Nights more than a superstar who counts Timbaland and Christina Aguilera as close friends... more

CDs of the week

22.02.08
A five-star debut from Duffy, Janet Jackson's monstrously long new album and the extreme beauty of Goldfrapp.... more

Don't believe the hype for R&B bad girl

17.12.07
Rihanna made a fine fist of some challenging vocals but without more hits, her reign as R&B queen will soon pass.... more

Die-hard Duranites' loyalty is tested

04.12.07
Duran Duran's latest live comeback was a frustratingly indulgent and occasionally inept performance of new songs and nostalgia.... more

CDs of the week

02.11.07
This weeks new CD releases include Leona Lewis, quirky icelandic band Sigur Ross and The Raveonettes.... more

Wild boys put on red alert

29.10.07
With a new album due for release, 1980s idols Duran Duran are proving they are still capable of making great pop in 2007.... more

Sugababes and Chanel unite at Albert Hall

10.10.07
Lily Allen, Razorlight, the Sugababes and Shirley Bassey are among the artists playing at this year's Swarovski Fashion Rocks event.... more

Big names sign up for Fashion Rocks

14.09.07
Lily Allen, Joss Stone and Beth Ditto are among those who will perform at this year's Swarovski Fashion Rocks concert at the Royal Albert Hall.... more

Sounds like a blast of hypocrisy from her Madgesty

13.08.07
Guess who said this a few years back: "Svengalis holding talent searches, finding a girl who looks right and can carry a tune, then figuring out a way to market her. I really don't know where we're going with the world."... more

Lily and Amy fly the flag at MTV

08.08.07
Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse will go head-to-head for the Best Newcomer prize at the MTV Video Music Awards.... more

Sundae best with oddball flavour

30.07.07
Ben & Jerry's Sundae on Clapham Common may be too corporate to be a "proper" festival, but the family-friendly jamboree boasted an impressive line-up of acts.... more

Ten weeks at number one for Rihanna

23.07.07
R&B sensation Rihanna's massive hit Umbrella has become the longest-running number one single for more than a decade.... more

CDs of the week

04.05.07
Bjork is back and nuttier than ever, Beverley Knight churns out another soul album and The Manic Street Preachers show a return to form in this week's offerings.... more

Batty Björk takes us to pop heaven

30.04.07
It's true that Volta is not a return to Björk's past pop glories - it's much, much better than that, says Paul Connolly.... more

Pop idol's comeback bid fails to make top 10

16.04.07
One-time darling of the charts and the original Pop Idol runner-up Gareth Gates failed to make the top 10 with his latest track.... more

Heartache making Kate a star

13.04.07
Kate Walsh came from nowhere to storm the iTunes chart with an album of songs about old boyfriends. 'I fall in love 10 times a day,' she tells Alastair McKay.... more

CDs of the week

30.03.07
Macy Gray's fourth album, Tennessee's Kings of Leon, a jazz pianist from Ghent and Mali's top ngoni player all release albums this week.... more

Off the record: David Smyth

23.03.07
David Smyth ponders the Arctic Monkeys' unlikely move into the world of fashion, extortionate ticket prices for gigs and Bjork's latest out-of-this-world album in his weekly column.... more

CDs of the week

27.02.07
Former Ash guitarist Charlotte Hatherley, Indie soloist Malcolm Middleton and ex-teen idol Omarion are among this week's top album releases.... more

Critic's choice: Pop

21.02.07
David Smyth looks ahead to Brit Award winner Nelly Furtado's gig tonight at Hammersmith Apollo.... more

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